Resilient and Responsible Smart Cities

Dr. Anna Laura Pisello
Doctor Anna Laura Pisello is currently Assistant Professor of Applied Physics at the University of Perugia in Italy. She is the author of more than 80 papers of which 50 of them are published in international peer-reviewed journals. She is the winner of five international academic awards 2013-2017. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of "Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development" (IEREK). Her research falls into two main areas of interest: innovative smart materials for the multifunctional optimization and thermos physics characterization of building envelopes, and indoor-outdoor microclimate for environmental comfort and energy saving, with dedicated attention to the resilience of dense urban areas and cities to climate change. Within the framework of these two main themes, she investigates the following topics: energy efficiency and thermal energy performance optimization in buildings, new analysis methods for estimating the effect of innovative strategies, continuous monitoring techniques for detecting building thermal energy performance, high albedo solutions for passive cooling and as mitigation strategy against urban heat island phenomenon, local climate boundary conditions affecting building thermal energy behavior, indoor-outdoor microclimate analysis for preserving cultural heritage. Doctor Pisello is Series Editor responsible for book proposals submitted in the field of Alternative and Renewable Energies in Architecture and Urbanism.
Prof. Dr. Norsidah Ujang
Dr. Norsidah Ujang is Associate Professor at the Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Design and Architecture, Universiti Putra Malaysia. She received her Ph.D. in Architectural Studies from Universiti Putra Malaysia; Masters in Urban Design; Diploma in Architecture (RIBA Part II) from Oxford Brookes University, UK; and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Miami, USA. She engaged with CNL Architect & Designers and Arkitek Rekabina before joining the academia. She was appointed as Deputy Dean (Academic and Student Affairs/Alumni) (2008-2013) and attached as Visiting Scholar at the Department of Planning and Urban Studies, MIT under the UTM-MIT Sustainable Cities Program (Cohort 2015-2016).

Dr. Dinko Vukadinovic
Dinko Vukadinovic was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1973. He received the B.E. degree from the University of Split, the M.E. degree from the University of Zagreb and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Split, Croatia, in 1997, 2002 and 2005, respectively, all in Electrical Engineering. He became Junior Researcher in the University of Split, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture (FESB), Department of Electric Power Engineering, in 1998. In 2013, he became Full Professor at the same university. In 2009, he also became Chair of Power Electronics and Control at the University of Split, FESB. He is an editorial board member of the following international scientific journals: Journal of Convergence Information Technology, International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and International Science Journal. His current research interests include induction machine control systems, power electronics, and artificial intelligence. He has published a number of papers in scientific journals and conferences.

Residents' Satisfaction towards Transformation of Klang River in Klang District, Selangor.- Are the New Towns really smart?.- Study on the Planning of the Characteristic Town Which Undertake Function Spillover of Big Cities.- Localizing the Globalized - How not to Fail in Smart Cities Frameworks.- Choice of Travel Mode for Work Trips for Dhaka city to Enhance Travel Experience.- Exploration of Urban Regeneration and Design of Characteristic Streets: A Case Study of Chengxian Street.- Integrating Pedestrian Circulation with Proposed Rapid Transit Route: Design Proposal of a Skywalk for Smart Dhaka.- The Importance of Green Commuting - A Campus Case Study in Schwäbisch Hall as Contribution to Responsible Urbanism.- RumorClock: Visual Representation of Online Rumor Spreading.- Towards building of visualization method to highlight top users' trends in social networks.